The Sun. — London, England, 1826-02-17 00:00:00

FRE 1.ON1)0N JOURNALS. i)M IX I: 3 lravts from the Morning Poperff,Feb. 17, 1826. (MOPINING POST.I The important arrangement between his Ma jesty's Government and the Bank to relieve the general distress of the commercial world, has, we are happy to say, been concluded, and the pub lic have already begun to feel its beneficial re sults. ft has secured an immediate issue of two millions, appliCd by the Banks to the purchase of outstanding Exchequer Bills ; and for the repayment of these two millions, a provision is to be proposed to Parliament in the course of the present Session. So large on issue will at once supply the abundance of circulating medium re quired for the fair purposes of business and trade; public credit and confidence , will be restored, cud the elasticity of commercial enterprise will revive, The Earl of Liverpool gave the outlines of this arranger►ent last night in the House of Lords i►► reply to a question from the Marquis of Lensdown. At present the amount of the relief procutied is limited to two millions, but should Parliament consider it necessary to extend the assistance further, that object may be attained when the mode of repaying the Hank shall he discussed. The business in the Commons was chiefly on the subject of Ireland. Sir J. New port complained that the Bill passed by that House last year to correct the abuses of the mode in which Parish and Church Rates were collected in Ireland, had been stripped of all its efficient clauses by the Upper Branch of the Legislature, and had, in fact, been rendered rather an injurious that gt beneficial measure. Ile there. fore proposed a Resolution declaring, " That from detailed returns which has been laid on the table of the House, it appeared th;►t large sums of money were levied on account of Church Rates which were not warranted, and that salaries were granted thereout to PariAi Officers, con trary to and prohibited by Statute regulation." A long debate ensued. but Mr. Secretary Goul burn having admitted tim existence of the evil, and expressed his intention to introduce a Bill , for the consolidation of all the Laws respectin4 Church Rates and the formation of Vestries in Ireland, the Resolution was negatived without a division, when the Bight lion. Gentleman asked and obtained leave to bring in such a Bill as he had described. C NEW T131E9.1 In the House of Lords last night, in a conver , nation between the Right lion. the Earl of Liver pool, the Earl,of Lauderdnle r and the Marquis Of Lansdown--the whole of these Noblemen de clared their intention of enterifig very fully into the principle and bearings of the Bank Charter Amendment Bill, which is to- be read a second time this evening. We may therefore-look forward ton very interesting debate. Ln the Commons, Sir J. Newport brought forward his .resolutiou specting parish rates in trelaud. The [ion. Hart. went over the same ground as he did last year on the introduction of ilid hill on' the Same snbject. Mr. Gout bu rasta t ed, that belied a Bill to the 014 of remedying the principal abuse complefited of ready to bring into the Muse, ho gave, at the same time, n Statement of the iiiteotions of his Majesty's Government with respect to. feelnudoi. OW to that given by the Earl of Itive.rpool on the 10th inst. After considerable discussion, Sir John limited his motion to placing the Resolu— tion on the Journals, which was agreed to with. out opposition. Mr. S. nice brought forward Isis' motion for an humble address to his Majesty;i praying for in inquiry into the tolls and customs at fairs, &c. Ireland. The motion was resisted by Mr. Goulburn, on the ground that the ordi nary Law Courts were su ffi cient to protect' the m Comunity against exaction. lie consented,liow• ever, to a Conunittee above stairs to evunina the papers on the table, on the - understanding that they were to 'confine their inquiries to the laws,. with a view to it remedy, for the abuse complained of. Mr. Rice then withdrew his motion, and elated,. that he would tn-morrow (this day), give notice' of g. motion, agreeable to Mr. Goulbern'S proposition. [THE TIM es.] A cairn succeeded yesterday to the convuliion of the preceding day, anti though confidence can. not he said to be restor ed , public feeling became in a more tranquil State from the abgettee of any new misfortune. Inquiries are anxiously made in every quarter respecting the situation of the affairs of the important firm whose failure we mentioned yesterday, with tile view to ascertain the probability of their rectimutencing busi ne s s , but nothing transpired on the subject. The ar rangements for tie Mexican and the Portuguese dividends are; we believe, already completed ; but no new agent has yet been fixed on for those of the Colombian loan. There was, however, a general advance yesterday in the value of the securities of these cc/unities, owing to the very low price to which they have fallen, which at once invites investment and precludes their being sold by real hobleis at so, great a sacrifice as mug. now be mud , . Purchases of Exchequer Bilis are contimwil bv the Bank as far as the staj e o f the Markel will permit, which dues not appear to biA 1 / 4 titli them to arty great extent, and the holders are not in all cases disposed to part with a them at the limit fixed 14 the. Bank, whic4 is par. Great doubts, there, fore, begin to 14entertained whether any mate riot addition to the circulation can he I•treetetl through this modium. The same remark will op ply to the discounts, for though the accommoda tion by the Bank was most liberally afforded yes terday upon good bilk, yet the applications i n t h a t way were contparAtively few, RS Ilmy mer chants, through want of , confidence, decline for a time all transactions of that nature. Thus, un l es s new bills can he created of a valid nature of course the Bunk can discount oone but such --the rehire:cement to the circulation by this mode will be as much circumscribed as that in troduced by purchases of Exchequer Bills. l'he supply of money having in the first instance found ststiriatto the Stock Exchange, has been fol , Towed by a greater steadiness hi the price of stock, though there is still considerable auctua lions there. .Bank Stock has advanced 8 per cent. India Bonds continue at a discount. Accounts received yesterday from, Manchester stale, that tl►ere has been a run on . the. deposit banks of that town, but owing apparently more to a want of money than any distrust of their solidity. The want of money is so great in Manchester, that large orders from Germany for twist have been refused through inability on that account to exe. cute them. Leeds is in the same state in this respect as Manchester, and some of the manu facturers are represented to be entirely at a stand, as the owners receive bills only in payment for their goods, which bills they are unable in the present state of credit to convert into money. There has been a heavy run also upon the West morland Banks. Upwards of 30 gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Kendal have signed a paper, stating that they will guarantee the notes and draughts of the Kendal Bank, Messrs. ‘Vilson, Crewdson, and Co., a house which bears a re spectable character ; but such was the alarm created among the poor people, that without taking the trouble of n,scertuitiing their solvency, they were selling their notes at a discount. t MORNING CHRONICLE.] The failure of the firm of Goldschmidt and Co. seems to be considered as the climax of commer cial difficulty ; and as this calamity has been anticipated for some time back, now that the event has happened, it is the opinion of many intelligent merchants that things will take a turn, and that the distrust which has So generally pre vailed will gradually subside. We understand that every assistance was tendered to the house in ques tion, but that the firm felt themselves involved in so much difficulty as to render any temporary aid of little avail. The utmost exertions are making to place their affairs in such a position as to he fit to submit to their principal creditors; but until this is effected, no judgment can be formed as to the extent of their liabilities. The measure recom mended, by his Majesty's Ministers, and adopted by the. Beta or Englund r of purchasing such Ex chequer Bills as were in the market at a discount, continues to operate favourably, and yesterday had the effect of raising the prices of all the Mo ney Stocks about 1 per cent. In fact r there were more Built than Bears ;, and although the pur chases. were not extensive, still it was pretty ob vious that confidence had been restored, and that the anticipated harvest of those w Ito had been hold big back for a further red uction,must be reaped now or never. It Is expected that this•improvement Will lie .progressive ; and should the Bank of England extend their discounts More liberally than they have done for the last few weeks, and the private bankers, as no doubt they will, follow their example, mild' will be done towards re lieving the present alarming crisis. It is well known, in fact, that for a good deal of the panic which has had so mischievous an influence on the credit of the Metropolis, no real fonodation existed ; and perhaps a little cool reflection will show, that the encouragement of despondency Is calculated only to increase the catalogue of evils . , which may otherwise be altogether avoided. srm toeo nr.am.n.] We are gla d that the Ministers fire so firm in their determination to let the commercial inte rests take care of themselves. If people will give one shilling a pound for cotton, under (he specu lative hope that it will bring them two, so that they shall realize fortunes in a short time, with out labour, let them take the consequences; sup pose they shoold he mistaken in their views of en inordinate gain. The mercantile interest is too specuintive—too fond of getting its goods out of sight, by sending thent to foreign Countries,--- u reading the late debates, we could Cot but smile at much that was said, — that' if Ministers did not assist the mer cantile ietere , t,. that it, as . well as the ma nufacturing,. and - ell the other interests, would be destroyed.. At if,. while there are men, wo.: men, and. children who must be fed, clothed, housed, to td entertained,. trade Can be destroyed. The Gentlernan•whosaid most was Mr. If eygate. Now Mr. Ifeygute r if he be married and have children, must know that the moment a child is born, that moment it calls forth into exertion nil the interests of the empire. Mr. Heygate must know that there is the medical interest to bring it into the world--the nursing interest to nurse it—the agricultural interest to supply it with pap. There is till' bed on which it is born, in the furnishing . of %%high there is the linen-manufacturing interests of Ireland and Scotland brought into uction—the woollen interests exemplified in the blankets—the cot ton interests in the curtains. .Thu child cries till the mother4tops its mouth ; it soon exhausts the mother ; Mr. Reygite's feelingtare appealed to; his feelings call into action all the colonial and other interests of all the world ; or, if he should venture to be apathetic be knowns that he will have no kind looks, end no sleep, because of the complainings of the mother and the cries of the ,child. Itr fact, the infant may be called the, unproductive cause for all the productive interests of the empire being brought into profit able employment. REPBESENTATIve.I Those even who most sincerely commiserate the difficulties which press upon the commercial world, will, we think, admit upon reflection, that die Government has judged wisely in Hot stepping forward at the present crisis with any direct as. sistance. In deciding upon subjects which affect the interests Of a body so numerous 01 the com mercial classes of this country, the advisers of the Crown must be frequently placed in u very mbar rarsing situation : they must find it extremely dill cult to distinguish the real expression of public opi nion from the language of prejudiceor the pressing clamour of individual interest. On the one hand, they ate goaded en by their own sympathy for the dift - ress which surrounds them ; whil , t they are withheld on tbe other by f.IIX.OLIS fear lest their direct interference shooltl in the end aggravate the' evils which they wisb to remove. In this dilemma they have cuuented to lend the Bunk two millions its Exchequer Bills; this will enable that establishment to enlarge the amount and in crease the facility or its discounts ; and thus af ford material relief to the mercantile classes in their present embarrassments. This measure will, at least to a certain extent, alleviate the additional difficulty which the fulfilment of engagements be coming due next month will probably produce. And we are also convinced that this indirect interference of Government will further operate beneficially its restoring confidence among the classes upon whom the suffering has principally fallen. In the present state of mercantile affairs the public voice called for assistance; and public confidence left to Government the selection of the mode in which it should be administered.— The plan which is to be acted upon, of affording this assistance indirectly through the medium of the Bank, will, we are sure, yield very general satisfaction : it will prove that attachment to first winciples will, on urgent occasions, g i ve wa y to he pressing claims of temporary distress. [BRITISH PREM . ! The large purchase of Exchequer Bills by the Bank has already had the effect of reviving pub. lie confidence, and will no doubt contribute con siderably to the relief of the existing difficulties of the money market.—The Times cannot at all relish any arrangement which tends to restore the current of the almost stagnant credit of the coun try. This Jiltetlialist is compelled to admit that owing to this measure, Exchequer Bilis, which had been at a considerable discount, have risen t o par; but he follows up this admission with remarking, that " it should seem, at first sight, that the public can have no objection to the Bank's employing its funds in any way it may think proper, and we are most glad that it can so employ them as to alleviate the pub. lie distress." He accompanies his rejoicing, how ever, by way of drawback, with the following sage admonition : "The Bunk, however, will be pleased to observe this moral maxim in the dis tribution of its aid—that it is not sufficient to secure itself and its proprietors against the chance of future loss, but that it likewise do not impart a fictitious credit to those whom it relieves ; otherwise it may hold up one for a time, and throw down ten 'in the long run.'" We think the discretion of the Bank Directors may well be trusted in affording the requisite relief, and that they are quite adequate to management of their own concerns, without the advice of any self-con ceited tutor from Printing-house-square. As to their imparting " a ficticious credit" to any mer chuntwhoseimmediateexigencies they may relieve, it is.a jargon that has no real cleaning. The relief afforded is, fur as it extends, substantial ; it con fers I1‘) " fictitious credit ;" and so far from its being likely, " by 'holding up one for a tune, to throw down ten," the result would be exactly the reverse ; for by enabling one to surmount the difficulties of the moment, ten might be eventually upheld, who otherwise would have been involved in ruin. " The , Bank," this writer goes on to say,'' may receive a good bill, and may discount ; but it cannot calculate so easily the mischief which the flash and ostentation of the mone7, thus emitted from its stores, may produce the hands of him to whom it is consigned ; even scores may be deceived by It. We have heard strange stories on this head, of houses, which ore now gone 4 to the family vault of the Capulets ;' and our caution results from the experience of others, rather than our own Providence." A curious picture this of a London merchant, who, because forsooth he has got a good bill discount ed, is represented as running about, cud occa sioning a mischief almost incalculable, by " the flash and ostentation of the money !" How "scores may be deceived" by this insane display, supposing so ridiculous a scene possible, we are utterly at a loss to comprehend. It would be really difficult to conceive how any public jour nal, in these grave times, and on so grave a sub ject, could venture to put such trash before the public, if we did not know how common a thing it is, when a porty•writer has exhausted the re sources of his malignity, that he will write non sense, purely from the want of any other fund to draw upon. ` Nat ' , verde Ls:mare:l Last night we. received Hamburg)! Papers to ,the 16th, Dutch to the 15th, and Brussels to the same date. We also received the St. Peters burgh Journal to the Ist instant. The accounts in the Ilamburgh Papers from the Russian capital come down only to the 27th ult., and they merely state, as a report, that the present Governor-Ge neral of the Military Colonies is about to re tire, and that Adjutant-General Wassaltschikoff is spoken of as his successor. It is also re ported, that the present Minister of War is About to resign, and to be succeeded by General Sakresky, Governor of Finland. Th e St. Pe tersburgh Journal makes no mention o f t h ese reported chagrin; hut it contains a rescript of the ,nmperor, to Lieutenant-General Roth, thaoking that officer for having put down th e mutiny in the Regiment of Tschernigof, and ap . pointing hint u Knight of one of his Orders, It also contains the following commercial infor mation :—The course of exchange has fallen, be- CAUSO we have no orders from abroad, and cense- . ....... _ quently few hills are drawn. The scarcity of money, and the cninmercial crisis in Europe, par ticularly England, our principal market, has of course caused the demand for our goods to bp more ransom, to hope that things will soon re p tit d A u t y o tardy ; hut the last letters from London give us their natural order. Our goods will be again purchased from abroad, and the delay will only render the sales more brisk. We learn from the Brussela Pa perf, that according to the last accounts from the lighsjaii c,lOOl, every thing was per. fectly I ranquil, leave it to review al t i ii i e tt i l ie e v i i!r " ir C r o ° r r p " s l' o li f id his army. If the hitter part of the intelligence be true, the object o f hi s j ourney i s pro b a bl y to re-esta- Wish order by his presence, and take upon the spot upon such measures Us the emergency may require. Without seine urgent motive of this kind, he would scarcely leave his capital, when Is e ex . ; P i o: l c ); u s to e A . l e n u r b i t ir s e u a t o d u ° l l i a r i s ‘ t eel. from, ' O d a ! his n 1 : 1"4 "‘ v s P i(711 otfo ELl role Wellington tett Brussels on the 11th, on his way to St. Petersburgh ; and there is a list of four or five Ambassadors, who have lately passed through Berlin for the same destination. The Dutch Papers state, on the authority of a letter from Paris, that Prince Tal leyrand has entirely sunk under the influence of Count Villele, and that he is even preparing to quite France altogether. JAMAICA. (From the Jamaica Public Advertiser, Jan. 2.) What will be the consequences of the operation of the warehousing bill, to this city, can only be determined by experience. We trust that it will return to Kingston a portion of that trade which once enriched its merchants and that it will fulfill the expectations of those who framed it, as they state, for the peculiar benefit of the Colonies. The following resolutions of the Kingston mer chants have hitherto escaped our observation. Their obvious tendency is clearly evinced. The benefit of putting an end to a lax system of busi ness is not more beneficial than its necessary effect of main a decrease of litigation and ultimately (if extended to retailers) preventing those exten sive fraudulent insolvencies which repeatedly occur. The nature of a man's credit would soon be ascertained by. the value of his acceptances ; his punctuality or the want of it, would be note rious and therefore no gross insolvent frauds could be perpetrated. We publish these resolutions for the information of our readers at home, as follows : " The approaching operation of a more extended commercial system, and the close connexion into which this must of ne cessity bring the mercantile interests of Kingston, with those of other and more enlarged communities, render it indispen. able that the present irregular mode of meeting engagements, should be superseded by a more strict attention to their fulfil. went and a better defined system of credits. " The primary step towards the attainment of this object, appears to be to follow the example of other markets in re• quiring an acceptance from every purchaser at the time of sale, and payable at the expiration of the term of credit, with dis. counts for cash, at the rate of two and a half per cent, for 3 months. " Among the advantages to be contemplated from such a measure are—tin effectual bar to litigation in the recovery of debts by process at law, and the facilities which would be afforded of arranging► accounts through the means of such ac ceptance, which might be made to form in many instances a convenient and actual circulating medium." BANKRUPTCIES OF 1824 AND 1825. The following tables, prepared with great care from the London Gazelle, show the comparative amount of bankruptcies during each month of the years 1824 and 1825, and also the amount that have occurred during the month and a half which have elapsed of the current year :.... 1824. 1823. January Febillary March Total of Ist quarter 297 -. 263 April May June Total of td quarter July August Scptembel. Total of 3d quarter October November Pecember 20f1 78 140 104 Total of 4th quarter 320 --, 2111 Grand total of each year 1,107 The following are the totals of the bankruptcies announced in each Gazette of the current year Gazette of January 3 l 2 Gazette of January 31 82 10 7 28 26 Feb. 4 61 7 3 34 28 11 2 GO 17 30 14 37 21 46 24 30 211 69 1,231 Total 614 The number of bankers grixelied during December of the last year, and January of the pr esent , amounts to ill. They formed 29 firms, constituted as under--..ii2. Three having one person only ; eight having two persons ; eleven having three; six having four ; and one having live. The new Bankrupt Act, which came into operation in No. rember last, affords peculiar inducements and facilities to those who may he disposed to settle their affairs by a bankruptcy and to this cause, in some measure, the late increase of bankrups may be ascribed. The number of persons who have filed declarations of insolvency against themselves since it Came into force, amount to no less than 137. There are only four instances of a pawnbroker being a bankrupt during the last two years. It will hardly be credited, that the inhuman practice still exists of forcing climbing boys to go up chimneys supposed to be on fire. During the last week, in consequence of a violent western gale of wind, many pieces of ancient coin, bars of gold and silver, supposed to hate been buried in the wreck of the Dutch buccaneering ship Hope, which was lost on Port land beach, near 100 years since, have been picked up. Se veral other valuable article, in silver bowls, spoons, dm, have also been found, probably washed ashore from thll wrecks of the ilk.randir East Indianian, and the Colville West Indianian, that were lost on that part of the coast. BIRTHS. At Clapham-common, on the 12th inst., the lady of the Ilon. James Stewart, of a son. On Wednesday, the 15th inst., at flush-hlll, E n fi e ld, 111 rs. Patrick, of twins, a boy an t i a girl. On Wednesday, the 15th inst., in Chesterfield-street, the lady of Herbert Jenner, Esq. LLD., of a son. Yesterday afternoon, the I6th inst., in Lincoln's-inn-fields, the lady of. David Pollock, Esq., barrister-at-law, of q son. MARRIED. On Thursday, the 16th instant, at St. George's Church, Bo rough, Mr. Thomas Robinson, of Fleet -street, to,.Miss Mary Allies, of St. George's Circus, Surrey. Lately, Robert Innes Grant, Esq., to the daughter and co heiress of the late Cornelius Matelle, Esq., of St. Croix. On the 27th September last, at Port Louis, Mauritius, John Cooper, Fsq ., Deputy Assistant Commissary-General to the Forces, to Leucippe, only daughter of M. Bertrand, and niece to M. le Chevalier Duplessy tie Compadre, of that place. and also of Vice-Admiral Baron Duplessy de Compadre, of Paris. On the 16th inst at Marylebone ew Curc, r. Gallant, of the 43t1 Light Infantry, to Sara h Ann, h eld h est D daughter of the Rev. John Ilomfray, minister of St. George's Chapel, Great Yarmouth. D 1131). Yesterday, in the 130 year of his age, Christopher, the eldest son of Mr. Georg, {flicks, of Nelsen-square. Yesterday, in the 13th year - of his age, Christopher, eldest son ofhlr. Oeorge Hicks; of Nelson-square. On Saturday, the 11th inst., aged two, Joseph, the youngest son, and on the 13th inst., of a consumption, Mary, the wife of John Radford, Esq., of Winehmore-hill, Middlesex, in her 23th year. On Sunday last, in tireat Portland-street, in the 75th year of her ago, Mrs. COmyns, of Great Beddow, Essex relict of John , Richard trentyns, 'Etat:, formerly of 'glands, in the sense county. On the 15th Inst., the infant daughter of Mr. W. M. Sy minds. of 'l l ,utenham. - On the Zgth inst., Lybanins Tilsley, Esq., aged 42, late Cap tain in his Majesty's dth regiment of foot, and eldest son of Win. Tikl,y, Esq., of Milford, Newtown, Montgomeryshire. COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was yesterday held at Guildhall. CORN LAWS. Mr. FAVELL reminded the Court of the notice he had given at the last Court of a resolution on this subject, and observed, that if it did not take precedence of the notices before it on the paper, it would be too late in the day, to commence its discus+ sion afterwards ; and in that case he would prefer postponing it to another day. Mr. DIXON would much rather that the Court were allowed to get through their own business first ; and then, if there were not sufficient time to dispose of the other, let a particular do' be appointed for itself, when they might hare a full opportu nity of considering whether it was expedient to adopt that mea. sure at this particular time, and under the present peculiar cir cumstances of the country ; for he could assure the Worthy Member, that if he supposed his proposition would be adopted as a matter of course, without opposition, he would find him self lamentably mistaken. The LORD MAYOR would not take upon him to decide whether or not this question ought to take precedence of any other : all he could say was, that if the Court wished it, he would be happy to fix an early day for its discussion. His Lordship in some little time afterwards stated, that the mover and seconder of this question had agreced to let it stand over W another day, and he would, therefore, appoint Thursday next for it. Mr. Alderman WAITIIIVIAM, said he had not been in Court when the conversation on this subject had taken place, or he would have opposed its postponement. As it was one of the greatest moment to the country at present, and one which vitally affected its trade, he would, if the .question respecting the bankrupt laws did not yield precedence to it, still take his chance of having the subject discussed in the present Court atter . wards. The worthy Alderman also gave notice, that if no pr o ' ceedings should take place in the interim respectipg joint.siock companies, he would take an opoitunity of moving. early petition be presented to Parliiment upon that subject. Mr. Duos said, that oh this subject he should feel m ost happy to support the worthy Alderman whenever he sh ould bring forward his motion. It was a very different question from the other. Mr. Alderman IifATTRMAN referred to a speech of , Mt. Huskisson's in the House of Commons last gessictn, s' l l l that the two questions were intimately , connected with e 5,?... other in their consequences to trade, and their effects upon in° general state of the country. LONDON BRIDGE. Mr. JONES presented a report from the New London-britige Committee, recommending an application to be made to Po' liament for an Act to authori ze the Lords of the Talton: I° grant 42,0001. out of the consolidated fund towards increasing the width of the new bridge beyond the extent originall/ Pit ,0001. f w u o r r ther ks o s f u t m he s b a r s id n g lig e h i t )y posed ; and for advancing tAR during this year, awn be way ne irat ry i upon the credit of die Bridgehouse Estates. It state l a thst the measure had the approbation of the Lords of the Treastal• After a few words from Air. Dixosr, pointing out the an d surdity that would have existed if the bridge had bcen allowed to remain of no greater width than the old one, whilst the la proaclies to it bad.been widened, the report was a greed to, r o a petition to the House of Commons, 'founded uPn tit' f f adopted, and ordered to be presented forthwith by the Sile attended by the Remembrancer. s f o ro b m e ctiiiinaregettoi taie:crurtsl • BAILIFF OF SOITTIIWA RE'S SALARY , , o f Mr. Hxcr, after eulogizing the character and conott,„ c r i, the present Bailiff of Southwark, and pointing out the iglou rcc ous and important nature of the duties of his office, tb 4i t., proceeds of which last year only amounted to 376 1 . g er• which was wholly insufficient to remunerate him vices, and was inferior not only t o t h e i ncome his predecce; he had enjoyed from it, but also to that of the situation ;hi. ; (the present bailiff) had relinquished for it, he moved s h a t ret salary and emoluments should be increased to the vino sum of 800/. during the pleasure of the Court. , ,„ a nd Mr. OLuitaat thought it impwsible to offer him ic.-0 seconded the motion. mt ter Mr. DIXON bo re t es ti m ony to th e mer i ts and high „ t of the Bailiff, a nd thought 8001. insu ffi cient retnuners t ` ° ';:to his services; but he wished to know from what fund it he raised, and complained of th e expence to wh i c h t he bon°. of Southwark put the city of London. , h e Mr. Alderman WAITII.IIIAN also bore te s timony 0, , 4,- bet spectable character, conduct, and a bili t i es o f the he did not think it right to vote away. the public c money o. officer, however respectable, wi t h out first referring it to 3 o be mittee, to inquire how the proposed remuneration was lim p. made. Be complimented Mr. Dixon on his steady fil,..tt", tie ship of the city purs e , and agreed with him in tilin".t. of borough of Southwark a great i ncum b r ance to the ct ) London. Mr. UK% had no objection to refer the question to C°lll. mittee. It was therefore agreed to refer it to a Committee, wt, it filo tions also to inquire into th e d ut i es an d e inolninents 0 ' officers of the borough of Southwark. CITY TITHES. i p i a e rtl i c h ion ed ers he to cot t i a i k d e s a ay sp a e s c Mr. HtittcoatnE, in uresenting a report from the Tit ) l , l ,:i lavigerrt.teeoodf Owen, ei i tin th 7. ll is committee, stated that the rector of St. (ides, Criffileg 3 T n i it , who had quite exasperated the teeliq l ° to ge parishioners, by using very insulting and ~ _ c old jog tusgra towards them. M F • the B•~- Of 1'1111U:tin Pietliseinteivi; . AV&t.t. was sorry that the conduct wets qa m ite e c lf er in tai t n be ti o ta p t in D io r n . ( o / f w i e i n is Chester had not been imitated by other clergYnun,' ; r in 1 0 °b- Mr. Alderman NV Arrttatax said it gave him Pe shown serve the conduct of some clergymen. whereby theY 11° 4 0 00' themselves the greatest enemies to the religion they P r ," kE4 iu Fie also wished they would follow the bright Omni" -- them by the Bishop of Chester. tretint o f h i c k Mr. HOWELL said there had been a great deal in the vestry-meetings of his parish (St. - Olave's, li art ' ittee. rnte' Dr. Owen had made out a rental of 10,000/. ; in consegunt to, of which the Bishop of London refused to give his co nsent the Bill before Parliament, unless the parish consente d St) the amount of Is. 6d. in the pound on Dr. Owen', rent They had agreed to pay Dr. Owen, as he was 8 4 "„_ ° : don years, his former sum of 1,0201. during his life; v?` 0 001.+ they would only consent to pay the future incumbent Id. but or at most 1,200 per annum, as the parish was la,: oi ler the Bishop or Loudon refused to agree to any will tic 1,500/. The Bishop of Chester had accepted of %lab ) " - o was about one-third of ls. 6d. per pound, while the ° 04+ London refused sum amounting to one-half that per cen„, o a The parish, therefore, determined to petition ParlialoN; wbr°eutiharelinodrtth4tet photffbilt;:lao.ii_gs.l° the, subject. Dr. Owen expressed his own satisfaction 11 . , 4 7, t i proposed arrangement, and threw sll the odium of "J r '"' ‘) on the shoulders of the Bishop of London. ordere d After some further observations, the report wax , be printed, and copies sent round to the Members of the to° nANrittupT LAWS. „, Of cc Mr. If.trtTLEY took a review of the present orte- rupt laws, to slievr how extremely defective it was bet eor the mode of their administration and the oppressive rigu e lfd tv their operation. lie complained' of the great power lr l sc the hands of the Commissioners, of w h om t h ere are than 10, divided into fourteen classes or tribunals; 6fl ,`, taf honest tradesman might be committed to prison beco u ,' w •to! might not be alle to give an answer in it legal'point of vieitioY a question put by on e o f th ose . Il e h a d k n own one ind i Ltielf detaine4l in prison 14 or years for not answering 11 „t f u fie in tide way—a circumstance .which never could have u, - fie had ther been a regu l ar tr ib u n a l f or t hi s b rea ch of the L',l) l At then dwelt on the expence,- delay, and uncertainty. the, tended the present system • and concluded by movng appointment of a special system; t o consider '‘'''ciont: those lawsadministered, and theyroprieti r tons i ing a petition to L'arliament for constituting a regular t .) for their administration. Mr. FA V ELL seconded the resolution. worth/ Mr. Alderman WAITItM.AN com plimented th. - d i 0 Member on the w a y in which he had brought forwor ropt, subject. Ile had, already, and found t h e . object utterly impracticable, —teeth sequence of those 70 Commissioners being 011,,retif finwever, himself made this OPT, coo' more or less nearly, witri menilsas of the Legislature :7 0 , they were enabled exercise sack influence in the rid i” Commons, as threw th e mos t su rrrinuntable obstac les 1 ta 3 Y, and gave hint a coniVete surfeit of the 141 4 i-fie"' a n° ll oto Afterdeal good of WI the question. - was agreed to, end a Committee thnned th o t ' Printed and Published for the PII.OI I IIIIZTORS , -t Orrier,- No. H 2, Strand, by J. B. CAusT4 Iss)